The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-09-10

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| former won. Score, To, 70.
MIR. w. T. johnson advertises a desir-
able farm ut private sale.
ley. Mr.. Patterson, of Milford, y. j.,
preach Il in the Elkton Presbyterian church
on Sunday last.
| Hon. Stevenson Archer, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Committee,
has designated DIR. IL. H. Mitchell as county
| chairman for Cecil
| MIR. John Johnson who resides near
Carter's Mills aivertiSes his personal pro
| perry at public sale The sale take place
on September 29;h. Read the advertise.
ment
MIR. Wilson l.. Condor, the champion
| hammer-thrower of the world, of Perryvilte.
| has been rendered membership of the New
York Athletic Club by Prof George Goldie,
of that club
The Rev. |. l.. Cation, OF Chesapeake
City, will preach in the Elkton Presbyterian
| church tomorrow morning and evening.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper will be
administered Ill lut inplulnS' nc cN'uAh6
service will begin at half-past seven.
There will be meeting of the Law and
Order League of Cecil county, in Elkton on
Tuesday morning ne~t ut which afull atteu.
dance from all the districts is requested as
there will be business of Importance brought
before the body.
| William de Normandie, of Philadel
phia, has purchased of the heirs of Westcott
| Lowell, the farm belonging to the estate, sit
uated near Leeds, Tnitd district, about five
| miles from Elkton. The farm contains 81
| acres and the buildings are very fine. Eleven
thousand dollars was the price paid.
Notice having been given that fair for
the benefit of the New Leeds Church would
commence September l4th inst, but owing
to the inability of the presence to have the
scatfold ont of the way by that time it will
be postponed until after the county fair.
of the time due notice will be given.
Mr. VIM. A. Walker oldest son of Ex-
sheriff Geo F. Walker of Hartford county
and an emplove of the Philadelphia, Will
was married in ST. Johns p. +. Church,
Havre de Grace on Tuesday evening to
Miss Mary j. Abrams daughter of the late
John \ brains of Hlvre de Grace.
AT meeting of the city council of
Westminster, on Monday night last, the
attorney was authorized to prepare an or,ii-
nance exernptiug manufacturing plants
from taxation for ten years. The mayor
and city council issued call for public
meeting on Thursday evening for the pur.
pose of adopting measures to induce manu-
facturers to locate there.
An advertisement i'll the Phitadel phla
Lcdger, secured the Elktou Cornet Band an
engagement. to play in Philadelphia during
Thursday, Friday and saturday of next
week the days of the Constitutional Cen
tennial celebration They will be i'll the
employ of w. McAli%ter Il Co., opticians
and will be very literally paid They fur
nish IL pieces.
A buggy occupied by Thomas McGowen
one of the superintendent employed by
Mr.. Singerly aud Edward Taylor's extern
sion-top carriage containing two gentlemen
and the driver, collitied on Sunday evening
on the Elkton and Cherry Hill road. The
buggy was badly damaged and Mr.. Nc
Gowen thrown out and knocked insensibie.
He still carries one Of his arms in Il sling as
a result of the accident.
-Jeseph II. HosSinger, promin mt far
mer of Kent county, Md, residing i'll the
Still Pond section, died on Tuesday after
brief illness. He removed to Kent county
from Newark, Del, about twenty years
since. He leaves AN estate consisting OF
several farms and other property. At the
time of his death he was president of the
Kent County Agricultural Club and was
prominent in the business aud political in
terests of Kent county.
There are few excursions that have the
merits, Of that which the welcome Legion
No /, (Selcct Knights American Order
United Workmen of Wilmington, Del, will
give ON thursday Sept. ooh. y train will
leaye the p. W. * b. station at I0j Il. IN.
on that date and take you either to Pen
Mar or Gettysburg and back for the small
sum of 50 30 This excursion will doubtless
be well patronized. Mr.. II. G. Baker, w. j.
Alrch, K. Is. Frazer aud w. r. Gi!piu have
tickets for sale
-"Old Aunt Susan kennard," colored,
originally from Head OF SlssifraS, died at
the Kent county lrnshouSt last w eduesday,
where she has been an inmate for about six
/ Il hos
are satisfied that she was not less than l05
years old at the time of her death, and one
gentleman is positive that her age was
nearer l0S. She had good appetite to the
last but had been blind and helpless for
some time and required a great deal of at
tention.-Kent (W.) Ne,rs.
-RoSette, the runner beongin. to Messrs.
w. II May and q. p Clemson, which as
stated in our last ISSUE won races at Ian
caster Pa, on "Wednesday and Thursday of
last week WAS also successful on Friday
winning the mile race in straight heats.
! Next week Mr.. May will take Rosette and
Paul Kiernan, to Leesburg, Virginia, to
take part in the two days racing there.
Each runner is entered in two races. 1t is
not certain however that Paul Herman
will start, as he has not been in good condi-
ton.
Mr.. George W. Bles is having CON
structed the largest barn in his section OF
the county built for some time. In fact it
is nearly completed, the work men being
now engaged on the stablirg and divisions.
1t is situated on Mr.. Biles' Brick Hill farm
OF pol acres in Cecil county, near Lewisville,
Pa. The barn is dopble decker and its
dimensions are as follows Main building,
30 by ~ feet; straw house, a6 by 10: bridge
dormer, II by :i3 Over -, 900 feet of lum-
Der will have been used by the time it is
completed. 1t is rooted with Lehigh slate,
of which seventy-seven squares were re-
uuired Mr. jefferson Ewing is the builder.
The managers of our fair expect a grand
success this fall if the weather is propitiouS.
\ riding tournament will be held in front
of the grand stand on the morning of the
third day of the fair. The school children
will be admitted free of charge as usual on
Wednesday, the second day of the fair. On
the last day an athletic exhibition will be
given under the supervision of Mr.. Wilson
l.. Coudon. Members of city athletic clubs
are expected to be present. Farming sub
| iects will be treated i'll lectures by spe-
cialists in a large tent on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Constable Walter :.
johnson will be chief of police again this